The Broadsides

The Broadsides started as a trio of fellars from where Auckland; New Zealnd, who were brought together for their similar fascination for music that were born out of the deep American south. The band features Alan Meharry, David Ward, David Khan, Ben Michelson and Etienne Harris on vocals/ guitar, banjo/ guitar, fiddle/mandolin/guitar, drums and upright bass respectively. Their songs is an amalgamation of rockabilly, bluegrass, gypsy punk, swamp blues, gospel and country.The subject matter of their songs is observations of the life they observe around them, sometimes tongue in cheek, sometimes poetic and sometimes just plain comical. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.